Amendment of regulation 66 of the Housing Benefit Regulations8

In regulation 66 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (benefit period)–

a

in paragraph (3) for the words “or (4)” there shall be substituted the words “(4) or (5)”;

b

at the end there shall be added the following paragraph–

5

Where the appropriate authority has obtained a determination by the rent officer following notification by a claimant of a change of circumstances specified in sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1A (excluded tenancies), that authority shall extend that claimant’s current benefit period by a further period of not more than 60 benefit weeks.